Kim’s research mainly explores the intersections between environmental design, social environment and people’s behaviors situated in diverse community contexts–from rural to urban.
His current research focuses on augmented social-spatial-digital network system for disaster resilience as well as health-promoting community design and planning.
He has also published in scholarly journals in the fields of urban design and public health, nationally and internationally.
His research interests have been centered on healthy communities, smart and connected networks in urban space, and rural-urban food environments, which are at the conjunction between social and behavioral science, and urban design practice.
